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General News
Credit Recovery
Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help students who failed one or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays). The program will begin on Tuesday, January 21st and will run through March.
Field Trip Opportunity!
8th grade students in Clarke County will have a chance to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, Alabama. The field trip will take place on 3/19/20 from about 7am-8pm and will be completely funded by a grant and private donations. Students will apply through video responses using this FlipGrid, and a committee of school and district staff will choose 10 "winners" from each middle school. The deadline to submit video responses is 2/21/20!
Washington DC Trip
Our 8th grade field trip to Washington DC will be from April 29 @ 8:30pm - May 3 @ 6:30am. There is still time to sign up with no late fees or extra cost! Contact WorldStrides customer service at 1-800-468-5899, or online at www.worldstrides.com/signup (use Trip ID #180791 to sign up). For more information, contact Mr. Blake at blakee@clarke.k12.ga.us.
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events. Note that this list will continue to be added to each week as more events are planned and scheduled, and also that some of these dates are subject to change:
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Distance vs. Time Graphs
Wednesday: Distance vs. Time Graphs
Thursday: Graphing Stories
Friday: Intro to Scatter Plots
**8th Grade Math Q3 Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Function Transformations
Wednesday: Function Transformations
Thursday: Unit 8 Review
Friday: Unit 8 Test
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Q3 Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut guided reading
Wednesday: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut vocabulary
Thursday: Harrison Bergeron Common Summative Assessment Part 1
Friday: Harrison Bergeron Common Summative Assessment Part 2 / Freedom Friday (Silent Sustained Reading)
**ELA Q3 Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Lab Summary/Gravity
Wednesday: Review
Thursday: Unit 4 Notebook Test
Friday: Unit 4 Test
**Tuesday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Q3 Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Unit 4 Review
Wednesday: Unit 4 Notebook Test
Thursday: Unit 4 Exam
Friday: Solutions/Concentration Phet
**Tuesday Binder Check
**HS Science Q3 Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Politics and Race in the New South
Wednesday: Politics and Race in the New South
Thursday: Review Unit 6
Friday: Unit 6 Assessment
**Students should be using their Study Map/Calendar to complete their review packets each night. This week these assignments include completing their Unit 6 Study Guide in preparation for the Unit 6 Assessment.
**Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plans
Connections News
Art:
8th grade will be continuing a project called Black History Mystery! They are creating grid drawings of small sections of portraits and will piece them together once they are painted. This project is giving students an opportunity to integrate their math skills by carefully making grid measurements. This is also an important project, as pictures will be submitted to Athfest Educates to show how donated drying racks are being used in the art room!
Family & Consumer Science:
8th grade FCS will continue working to demonstrate employability skills by practicing problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, and time management. We will begin the week on Tuesday with a continuation of our article on "How Resilient People Use Failure to Their Advantage," and will have the opportunity to perform some hands-on group activities to put the aforementioned skills to the test. Students will have their first open-note Unit quiz on Wednesday.
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help students who failed one or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays). The program will begin on Tuesday, January 21st and will run through March.
Field Trip Opportunity!
8th grade students in Clarke County will have a chance to visit the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, Alabama. The field trip will take place on 3/19/20 from about 7am-8pm and will be completely funded by a grant and private donations. Students will apply through video responses using this FlipGrid, and a committee of school and district staff will choose 10 "winners" from each middle school. The deadline to submit video responses is 2/21/20!
Washington DC Trip
Our 8th grade field trip to Washington DC will be from April 29 @ 8:30pm - May 3 @ 6:30am. There is still time to sign up with no late fees or extra cost! Contact WorldStrides customer service at 1-800-468-5899, or online at www.worldstrides.com/signup (use Trip ID #180791 to sign up). For more information, contact Mr. Blake at blakee@clarke.k12.ga.us.
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events. Note that this list will continue to be added to each week as more events are planned and scheduled, and also that some of these dates are subject to change:
- 1/20- MLK Day (No School)
- 2/11- 8th Grade Field Trip to Cedar Shoals High School
- 2/17- Teacher Work Day (No School)
- 2/19- Spring Picture Day
- 2/20- Cedar Shoals Counselors visit HMS to help pick 9th grade classes
- 2/27- Rising 9th Grade Parent Night - Cedar Shoals Auditorium 6-7pm
- 2/27-3/5- Scholastic Book Fair
- 3/4-3/5- Parent Teacher Conferences
- 3/5-3/13- Spring Break (No School)
- 3/30-3/31- 8th Grade Field Trip to JBiz
- 4/10, 4/13- Mid-Spring Break (No School)
- Georgia Milestone Dates:
- 4/20-4/22- ELA
- 4/23-4/24- Math
- 4/27- Science
- 4/28- Social Studies
- 4/29-5/3- Washington DC Field Trip
- 5/18- 8th Grade Semi-Formal Dance 6-8pm in HMS Gym
- 5/20- 8th Grade Moving On Ceremony 6-8pm in HMS Gym
- 5/21- Last Day of School
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Distance vs. Time Graphs
Wednesday: Distance vs. Time Graphs
Thursday: Graphing Stories
Friday: Intro to Scatter Plots
**8th Grade Math Q3 Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Function Transformations
Wednesday: Function Transformations
Thursday: Unit 8 Review
Friday: Unit 8 Test
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Q3 Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut guided reading
Wednesday: Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut vocabulary
Thursday: Harrison Bergeron Common Summative Assessment Part 1
Friday: Harrison Bergeron Common Summative Assessment Part 2 / Freedom Friday (Silent Sustained Reading)
**ELA Q3 Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Lab Summary/Gravity
Wednesday: Review
Thursday: Unit 4 Notebook Test
Friday: Unit 4 Test
**Tuesday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Q3 Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Unit 4 Review
Wednesday: Unit 4 Notebook Test
Thursday: Unit 4 Exam
Friday: Solutions/Concentration Phet
**Tuesday Binder Check
**HS Science Q3 Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday: Politics and Race in the New South
Wednesday: Politics and Race in the New South
Thursday: Review Unit 6
Friday: Unit 6 Assessment
**Students should be using their Study Map/Calendar to complete their review packets each night. This week these assignments include completing their Unit 6 Study Guide in preparation for the Unit 6 Assessment.
**Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plans
Connections News
Art:
8th grade will be continuing a project called Black History Mystery! They are creating grid drawings of small sections of portraits and will piece them together once they are painted. This project is giving students an opportunity to integrate their math skills by carefully making grid measurements. This is also an important project, as pictures will be submitted to Athfest Educates to show how donated drying racks are being used in the art room!
Family & Consumer Science:
8th grade FCS will continue working to demonstrate employability skills by practicing problem solving, critical thinking, decision making, and time management. We will begin the week on Tuesday with a continuation of our article on "How Resilient People Use Failure to Their Advantage," and will have the opportunity to perform some hands-on group activities to put the aforementioned skills to the test. Students will have their first open-note Unit quiz on Wednesday.
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Tonya Ward, wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mark Martin, martinm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Conor Naughton, naughtonc@clarke.k12.ga.us
Jason Pratt, prattj@clarke.k12.ga.us
ELA:
ELA:
Eric Blake, blakee@clarke.k12.ga.us
Cindy Blair, blairc2@clarke.k12.ga.us
Tangernika Winston, winstont@clarke.k12.ga.us
Linda Allen, allenl3@clarke.12.ga.us
Science:
Science:
Diarra Mosley, mosleyd@clarke.k12.ga.us
Lara Zwald, zwaldl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Lara Zwald, zwaldl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Karen Myers, myersk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies:
Karen Myers, myersk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies:
Nyla Bell, belln@clarke.k12.ga.us
Morgan Archer, archerm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Angela Bright, brighta@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Angela Bright, brighta@clarke.k12.ga.us
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
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